Card holder



May 11, 1937. G. o. CONNER CARD HOLDER Filed Sept. 14, 1936 TWN M V 6 mm .KNI .WN

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0. Conner, Wheeling, W. Va., assignor to Wheeling, W. Va.,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for holdin cards or labels on a container, such as a sheet metal drum or pail.

Card holders as made heretofore have been .5 composed. of a sheet metal stamping open at the top. This construction required that a separate stamping be provided for attachment to that forming the sides and bottom of the holder, to prevent removal of the card therefrom. The bottom of the holder, furthermore, was ribbed so that when applied to containers having a curved wall, it had to be bent in special dies to the proper curvature. In view of the various curvatures of container walls, a plurality of such dies had to be kept available.

I have invented a card holder which overcomes the aforementioned objections to such articles as previously made. In accordance with my invention, I provide a card holder comprising a generally rectangular sheet metal stamping, having integral top sides and bottom, defining a window. The extreme edges of the bottom and sides are offset for engagement with a container wall, and provide space between the latter and the edges of the window for the insertion of a card.

Further details of the invention will become apparent as the following description thereof proceeds, referring to the accompanying drawing for an illustration of a present preferred embodiment. In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is an edge view of the card holder; Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the line II--II of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the holder after it has been bent to conform to the curvature of a container wall; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view along the of Fig. 3.

The card holder shown generally at If! comprises a one-piece sheet metal stamping having a top H, sides l2 and a bottom l3 in one piece. The extreme edges l4 of the sides 12 and I and the bottom i3 are offset as at 16 and I1, respectively, from the remainder of the stamping. When these extreme edges are in abutment with a container wall, such as that shown at I8, a space 19 is provided between the latter and the central portion of the holder for receiving a card or other label, such as indicated at 20. Legends on the card are visible through a window 2| formed in the stamping, having top and bottom edges 22 and 23 and side edges 24.

The top H of the holder has pressed-in tabs 55 25 which hold the card 20 in place after it is line IV--IV inserted. The tabs are easily deflected by the card as it is being inserted.

The holder may be attached to a container wall as by spot welding at 2B in case of a metal container. The holder is stamped from stock of such gauge that it may be bent by hand to conform to the curvature of the container wall, such as that shown at l8. To facilitate such bending, cut-outs 2'! are formed in the bottom 13. These cut-outs extend inwardly beyond the offset ll. In the absence of the cut-outs or notches, the offset would render the bottom of the holder too rigid to be bent easily by hand. The holder, of course, is also adapted for application to fiat and non-metallic container walls.

The lower corners of the holder are cut away as shown in Fig. 3. If labels with square corners are used instead of cut corners as shown, the corners will protrude from the holder and may be bent outwardly and upwardly to assist in holding the label in the holder.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that the invention has numerous advantages over card holders as previously made. The onepiece construction is an important advantage in itself in that it contributes to a low cost of manufacture and eliminates all work of assembling parts. By making the holder sufficiently flexible to be bent by hand to a variety of different curvatures, I avoid the necessity of providing special bending dies to form the holder to different degrees of curvature. The pressed-in tabs securely hold the card in position, although the latter may be removed, if desired, merely by slipping a thin piece of metal between the tabs and the face of the card, thereby bending the tabs outwardly to permitthe card to be removed.

Although I have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, changes in the details of design and construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A card holdercomprising a generally rectangular sheet metal stamping having a window therein, the sides and bottom of the stamping having an offset formed therein spaced inwardly from the extreme edges thereof, providing space for a card, when said edges are disposed in abutment with a container, between the latter and the edges of said window, the extreme edge of the bottom of the stamping having cut-outs extending through said offset to facilitate bending.

2. A card holder comprising a generally recan ular he t me l ampin having a, window having notches extending through the angularly' therein, the extreme edges of the sides and. botdisposed metal connecting the bottom edge of the t m f h mp ng being ofiset from the edge window with the extreme bottom edge of the of the window whereby a card may be disposed stamping. 5 between the latter and a container against which GUY O. CONNER. said extreme edges abut, the edge of said bottom 

